Her raging popularity in our country is hard to believe, and even harder to explain. In Australia, Pink has outsold artists that are considered international superstars. She’s even ripped records from the hands of Australia’s national treasure, gay icon and pop princess, Kylie Minogue. To paint you a picture: On her last visit to Sydney, Lady Gaga played 2 concerts. But compared to her Australian and European popularity well, there is no comparison. Her albums chart, her club shows sell out. There’s no doubt that Pink is a success in the USA. But First, Some Perspective On Just How Big Pink Is in Australia. So while I was able to get one or two decent shots off, we’ve had to primarily rely on words and official Pink tour photos to take you there. The minute I started snapping, a keen security guard circled, swooped in and shut me down. STEF: Hi! I thought doing the live photography for this Pink piece would be fun – until I was faced with the challenge of taking photos in a strictly ‘NO PHOTOGRAPHY’ venue. Stef’ll be tearing up NYC over the next few months as she does an internship with Annie Leibovitz and ladies, she’s single. Stef’s a keen skateboarder, a mad blogger, a habitual hoodie wearer and a girl whose androgyny often sees her mistaken for a boy. Stef will be bringing you some stellar Autostraddle features in the future, so you two should get acquainted now. I’d like to introduce you to Stef Mitchell, a 23 year old photographer and journalist from Sydney, Australia. And you MUST.īut not without a little help from my friends. Now I’m going to explain why, so when the Funhouse tour hits the USA this month and Europe thereafter, you may be inclined to check it out. But it’s important to note that while you won’t ever find Pink amongst my Top 10 albums of all time, her concerts are hands down the best I’ve ever seen. It’s important to note that while you won’t ever find Pink amongst my Top 10 albums of all time, her concerts are hands down the best I’ve ever seen. But she did, and I was one of the 660,000 Australians who helped her out. Still, I don’t think even the most passionate Pink fans predicted that this feisty pop star was capable of selling out a whooping 58 stadium shows in a country with only 21 million people. The girl’s only breaking her own records, residue from 2007’s Stupid Girls tour.
1 very small country.Īustralia caught Pink fever during 2001’s “Can’t Take Me Home” and now, four records later, Pink’s 2008 Funhouse album - originally entitled ‘Heartbreak is a Motherfucker’ - has been dominating the airwaves with #1 hits like ‘So What’ and ‘Sober.’ And after Funhouse: The Album came Funhouse: The Tour, a four-month long record-breaking extravaganza that has solidified Pink’s place as the highest grossing female artist in Australian history. If you’re P!nk, you tour said record with your ex/husband in tow, you call it Funhouse: The Tour, and you spend an extra, extra long time in a country that will find your ‘fuck it’ attitude not confusing but endearing. What do you do when you release a 10x platinum record heavily inspired by separation, and then renew your vows with its antagonist soon after? “Even the most passionate Pink fans couldn’t have predicted that this feisty pop star was capable of selling out a whooping 58 stadium shows in a country with only 21 million people. Photographer Stef Mitchell & Autostraddle Deputy Music Editor/ Australian Specialist Crystal report from the trenches of the Outback’s Outbreak of Pink Fever.
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